The U.S. envoy to the OSCE, Chargé d’Affaires Kate M. Byrnes has reported to the Permanent Council in Vienna, Austria, that Russian troops had been preparing for the shelling at Avdiivka in Donbas for half a year. “Satellite images show not less than six artillery positions on separatist-controlled territory within striking distance of Avdiyivka....

Russian troops shelled the Donetsk sector massively using the heavy armor. Areas near Mariupol and civilian infrastructure in the Luhansk sector came under Russian troops’ fire. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas eighty two times in the past 24 hours. Ukrainian troops incurred no casualties in Donbas over the last day,...

Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ 58th Brigade made a request to the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the top political leadership of the country to support the blockade between Ukraine and so-called Russian self-proclaimed the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR or LNR) and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR or DNR). See...

Russian troops intensify shooting attacks using heavy armor along the entire frontline in Donbas during the last day. Ukrainian troops had no losses in combat, 6 Ukrainian troops were wounded and injured in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Donetsk...

The T-90 main battle tank of the Russian Army shelled hospital in Avdiivka, Donbasб according to Holos Ukrayiny. Ukraine’s MP Oksana Korchynska in the session hall of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) stated that at that moment the hospital provided medical help to wounded soldiers and civilians. She demonstrated one of the...

Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine Ernst Reichel states that holding elections in the occupied territories of the Donbas region is possible even with Russian troops on the ground, militants’ presence, and without withdrawal of the Russian troops. German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel...

Russian troops has violated ceasefire in Donbas more than hundred times, and used heavy armor day and night in the past two days, used Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Russian troops fired at Avdiivka near Donetsk for about 11 hours last day. Mobile station for heating and humanitarian aid distribution organized by local Ukrainian...

The United States Air Force (USAF) strategic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Military air force RQ-4A Global Hawk (callsign UAVGH000) flight along the contact line between Ukrainian-controlled and occupied by Russian troops areas in Ukraine. Tracking over Ukraine at 50,000 Feet… A USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk High Altitude Reconnaissance UAV...

Russian troops’ shooting attacks continued non-stop in Donbas in the last day. 3 Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action, 2 of them were killed in the vicinity of Halytsynivka as a result of Russian troops’ attacks from Grad MRLS (multiple launch rocket system), and 8 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action, according to the press...